---
title: "Create a draft"
slug: "create-a-draft"
abstract: "How to create a draft and how to navigate between the draft and the original."
---
# Create a draft

Using the **Drafts** feature, you can create a copy of an original content item that has all the original file references, relations, and metadata configurations. This lets you edit content items without directly applying the modifications to the original content item, and save modified content items as standalone items.

To create a draft:

1. On the menu bar, click **Content** and select **Search**.
2. On the **Search** page, search for the desired content item and click it.
3. On the content item details page, click **More actions** :mdiDotsHorizontal: > :mdiSquareEditOutline: **Create draft**.
4. Modify the text fields as required.
5. Click **Submit** :mdiSend: to submit the content item for approval.

You can also save a draft as a new standalone item, by clicking **Save as new version**. This creates a draft that is a duplicate of the original content item and removes any comments and unsaved changes.

## Navigate between the draft and the original

When you click **Save as new version**, the original content item is locked for editing until the draft is approved or rejected, and *DRAFT* and *ORIGINAL* indicators appear on the draft item details page and on the original item details page, respectively.

To navigate between the draft and the original:

1. On the menu bar, click **Content** > **Search**.
2. On the **Search** page, search for the desired content item and click it.
3. On the content details page of the original item, click **View draft** to see the draft item details page.
4. On the content details page of the draft item, click **View original** to see the original item details page.

> [!note]
> You cannot use search to find drafts. Instead, use the **View draft** operation.